The Lost Village

About

"The Lost Village" is a single-player Role Playing game with masterful mechanics and delightful visuals. As the son of a sect leader, you must rebuild your deserted immortal mountain, managing resources, constructing facilities, and battling bosses. With each playthrough, design and grow your sect with freedom and unique flair. However, be prepared for a lot of grinding to restore it to its former glory.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

65%

Audience ScoreBased on 322 reviews

gameplay20 positive mentions

grinding12 negative mentions

The game combines multiple genres, including city building, auto-battlers, and survival mechanics, providing a diverse gameplay experience.
The graphics and art style are visually appealing, enhancing the overall enjoyment of the game.
The developers are actively updating the game and fixing issues, showing commitment to improving the player experience.

The translation is poor and incomplete, making it difficult for non-Chinese speakers to understand the game mechanics and instructions.
The gameplay lacks a coherent core loop, feeling more like a collection of mini-games rather than a unified experience.
There are numerous bugs and performance issues, including crashes and long loading times, which detract from the overall enjoyment of the game.

gameplay
76 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some players finding it fun and engaging due to its blend of various mechanics and genres, while others criticize the lack of a core gameplay loop and poor explanations of mechanics, often exacerbated by incomplete translations. While the aesthetics and initial complexity can be appealing, many users feel that the gameplay lacks polish and clarity, leading to confusion. Overall, the game offers a colorful mix of experiences but struggles with coherence and accessibility.
- “The aesthetics are beautiful and the gameplay is fun, although a bit complex at first.”
- “The game offers a simple yet addictive gameplay experience, with intuitive controls and charming graphics.”
- “A colorful and unexpected mix of genres, with town building, survivor-like gameplay, dungeons, epic boss fights... even dating!”
- “There is no core gameplay loop.”
- “Game does a really bad job at explaining mechanics and most importantly, the English translation isn't complete.”
- “Review manipulation aside, the gameplay loop is just a massive soup of generic copies of popular games wrapped in a cultivation motif.”
graphics
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The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising the beautiful aesthetics and art style, while others criticize performance issues, including crashes and lack of smoothness. Many hope for future graphic updates, as the current visuals are seen as not the best, despite the game's overall enjoyable experience. Customization options are noted to be limited, but the charming graphics contribute positively to the gameplay.
- “The overall game is good, the graphics are beautiful, and the potential is very large.”
- “The aesthetics are beautiful and the gameplay is fun, although a bit complex at first.”
- “This game just scratches all the right itches for me, the roguelike part is addicting and the graphics are beautiful.”
- “It doesn't run particularly smoothly, and starting like two updates ago, it crashes my graphics card when I go into the first of the towers. I play games with much higher graphics and with a whole lot more going on, like Stellaris and WoW, or even crazily modded Stardew Valley (to the point it takes me a whole day to update all my mods when there's an update).”
- “The aesthetic customization is also not very diverse, as there are only 5 choices of look for each gender.”
- “It's too middle of the road, and with the graphics looking like Majesty 2 and gameplay turning into Vampire Survivors.”
story
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is structured around various mission types, including vampire survivor-like and RTS-style battles, which allow for skill customization and resource management. Players engage in individual monster fights that offer upgrades, though the difficulty can vary significantly. However, the progression can become grindy after a certain point, as experience requirements increase exponentially while rewards remain linear.
- “These missions are my personal favorite; they feel very satisfying, especially the battles between sects.”
- “If you want a wuxia rogue-like cultivation story, this game offers a unique experience.”
- “The resources you need are quite diverse, and it is very fun and can be challenging to make sure you are getting everything you need from your production buildings and missions.”
- “These missions are my personal favorite, they feel very satisfying, especially the battles between sects.”
- “A few missions are based around a series of individual fights with specific monsters through which you gain upgrades based on what you chose to fight; these can be fun but tend to end up either incredibly challenging or so easy they are boring.”
- “If you want a wuxia rogue-like cultivation story, look for titles like 'Reincarnation' or 'Warm Snow'.”
grinding
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be quite pronounced, especially after the first 100-200 years, as the experience required for leveling up increases exponentially while quest rewards remain linear. While some may find the extensive dungeon grinding tedious, others appreciate the complex systems and resource management, making it enjoyable for those who favor grinding and building. Overall, it is described as a bit grindy but not excessively so, with a fair balance of farming and time investment.
- “The progression of the game can get pretty grindy after the first 100-200 years in the game, as the experience required to level up is exponential while the experience reward for quests is at best linear.”
- “If you can endure dozens of hours of boring dungeon grinding and continue to defeat all other sects in the world after the sect is completed, you will find that all sects cannot be destroyed and will attack you infinitely.”
- “It is a 3D farming mini-game, although it is not good at farming.”
music
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is widely praised for its quality and ability to enhance the overall experience, with many players expressing a desire for a soundtrack DLC. The combination of engaging music, vibrant art style, and effective voice acting contributes significantly to the game's appeal. Overall, the soundtrack is considered a standout feature that complements the gameplay well.
- “In short - the artwork, the music, and voice acting... it just perfectly scratches that itch.”
- “Great art style, very colorful, enjoy the music.”
- “Not to mention the soundtrack.”
- “My only wishes are that there was a mobile port, and also a soundtrack DLC.”
optimization
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with users reporting poor performance, significant RAM leaks, and stuttering issues attributed to the Unreal Engine. Despite these challenges, players appreciate the game's flexibility, allowing them to progress at their own pace even amidst the optimization shortcomings.
- “Was it not for the mediocre performance caused by Unreal Engine, I'm sure this game would have been launched not on here but on the Apple and Google Play stores.”
- “Poor optimization, massive RAM leaks, stuttering.”
- “The game is permissive enough to let you go at your own pace and progress even without optimization.”
monetization
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The game is praised for its lack of predatory microtransactions, which is a refreshing change from typical mobile games, despite some users noting its janky translation and advertising shortcomings. Overall, players appreciate that it avoids cash grabs, making for a more genuine gaming experience.
- “Playing it is surreal, and not because of the cultivation setting, but because it has all the trappings of a bad mobile game yet has none of the predatory microtransactions associated with it.”
- “But there are no microtransactions; there are no cash grabs.”
- “Playing it is surreal, and not because of the cultivation setting but because it has all the trappings of a bad mobile game yet has none of the predatory microtransactions associated with it.”
- “- The translation is janky and still several parts yet to be translated, so having the label 'English ready' is not exactly a good advertisement choice.”
- “But there are no microtransactions, there are no cash grabs.”
character development
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Character development in the game offers a wide array of choices for players, but it suffers from a lack of clear explanations regarding the impact of different stats, leading to a steep learning curve. This can result in players feeling lost during their initial playthroughs, as they navigate the complexities of character creation without sufficient guidance.
- “The main character creation and character development give you a ton of choices, but it doesn't really explain what the stats you get for them really do, so you're basically just shooting in the dark your first time through.”
- “The main character creation and character development give you a ton of choices, but doesn't really explain what the stats you get for them really do, so you're basically just shooting in the dark your first time through.”
- “For situations where you are just waiting, that time is spent trying to figure out the character development, which seems like it has a pretty steep learning curve.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, with frequent bugs and inadequate developer support. Players report that attempts to fix existing bugs often lead to the emergence of new ones, resulting in a frustrating experience.
- “This game is buggy and has poor support from the developers. Each time they fix one bug, they create more bugs.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players appreciate the game's high replayability due to its multiple combat modes and regular updates, which help maintain a fresh experience.
- “There are several modes of combat and constant updates to keep the game fresh and replayable.”